What is the plural of guns?

1 gun /ˈgʌn/ noun. plural guns.
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What is the plural form of gun?

guns - Simple English Wiktionary.
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Why are guns called guns?

The origin of the English word gun is considered to derive from the name given to a particular historical weapon. Domina Gunilda was the name given to a remarkably large ballista, a mechanical bolt throwing weapon of enormous size, mounted at Windsor Castle during the 14th century.
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What is guns slang for?

Noun. guns pl (plural only) (bodybuilding, slang) Well-developed muscles of the upper arm, especially the biceps and triceps.
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What type of word is guns?

Gun can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.
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What is slang for AK 47?

Chopper. Meaning: (Noun) An assault rifle, mainly an AK-47.
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What is the collective name of guns?

An arsenal is a large collection of weapons and military equipment held by a country, group, or person.
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Are arms called guns?

Arms, of course, are the upper limbs of the body. It's also a term for weapons, especially guns (firearms).
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Are firearms guns?

A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions).
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What are guns called?

Firearm: An assembly of a barrel and action from which a projectile(s) is discharged by means of a rapidly burning propellant. Also called a weapon, gun, handgun, long gun, pistol, revolver, etc.
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Who found AK-47?

AK-47, also called Kalashnikov Model 1947, Soviet assault rifle, possibly the most widely used shoulder weapon in the world. The initials AK represent Avtomat Kalashnikova, Russian for “automatic Kalashnikov,” for its designer, Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, who designed the accepted version of the weapon in 1947.
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Is A rifle a gun?

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A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder and designed to use the energy of an explosive in a fixed cartridge to fire only a single projectile through a rifled barrel for each single pull of the trigger.
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Is gun countable?

(countable) A gun is a weapon that sends bullets through its metal tube.
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What is this plural form?

This and that are singular. These and those are plural.
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What are the 2 types of guns?

Generally, there are three types of firearms: rifles, shotguns and handguns. The three basic parts of a modern firearm are: action, which loads, fires and ejects ammunition. barrel, a metal tube that the projectile passes through.
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Is a pistol a real gun?

All firearms are guns, which includes any type of tool that fires a projectile. A handgun is a gun that fits in your hand, which includes both pistols and revolvers. A pistol has a stationary gun chamber; a revolver has a chamber that spins.
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Why is a gun called a pistol?

pistol, small firearm designed for one-hand use. According to one theory, pistols owe their name to the city of Pistoia, Italy, where handguns were made as early as the late 15th century.
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What are small guns called?

In general use, the term pocket pistol is purely descriptive, but "mouse gun" (used especially for those of the smallest calibers) is often a pejorative.
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What do you call military guns?

Ordnance is another word for military supplies, like guns, rockets, or armor.
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What do pirates Call guns?

Pirates made use of the musket, a name given to a variety of handheld long guns between the 16th and 19th centuries. Muskets fired a lead ball which was rammed down from the muzzle onto gunpowder, which was exploded with a slow match.
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What is Russian slang for AK?

'Kalashnikov's Automatic Gun'), but are widely known as Kalashnikovs, AKs, or in Russian slang, a "Kalash".
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What does k7 mean in slang?

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of cassette.
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What is K in street slang?

KETAMINE (Street Names: Special K, K, Kit Kat, Cat Valium, Super Acid, Special La Coke, Purple, Jet, and Vitamin K)
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